Widow of Slain Bandit Admits 15 L. B. Holdups
The widow Ruby Marie Pratt, 27, confessed to Long Beach police that she and her husband took part in 15 Long Beach bank and liquor store holdups as part of more than 100 crimes. Pratt, killed June 30, 1948, in a Tustin bank shootout, is linked to others including the Yoders.
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Long Beach
C. A. Wiggins
Ruby Marie Pratt
San Diego
Joseph Marvin Pratt
Tustin
Wiggins
Pratt
Alvin Yoder
Yoders
FBE
McCoy's
York Auto ‘Transportation
Surlow’s
Signal Hill
California
Denver
Bank For America
Solano Beach
U N Battle Whips Monster Vehicles On Front Lines
United Nations forces repelled four Chinese armored “monsters” near Sniper Ridge in Korea as Red attacks intensified on the Kumhwa front. Allied artillery halted the machines, forcing a retreat toward Mount Papa, while Chinese raiders briefly pressured two outposts in the Imjin River sector before U N troops reoccupied one position.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Sniper Ridge
Republic of Korea
Mount Papa
Kumhwa Front
Sven
Imjip River
U.N
Pinpoint Hill
Labor Leader William Green Dies at Age 79 in Coshocton
COSHOCTON Ohio AP William Green longtime AFL president died at 2 22 pm in his Coshocton home where he was born 79 years ago His death follows the November CIO leader Philip Murray s death in San Francisco Details say he led AFL since 1924 after Samuel Gompers founded the union Surviving are widow Jennie five daughters and a son Harry Green was a Cleveland attorney He had worked as a miner and led United Mine Workers before taking AFL post He had recently returned home for a checkup.
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Coshocton
Ohio
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Philip Murray
CIO
San Francisco
AFL
Samuel Gempers
Clara Green Searr
Sald
Hedlside
Green
Jennie
Searr
Joseph Shepier
Cleveland
Wiliam McManus
Canton
Flora Scott
Coshockton
Arnold Bronnenberg
Anderson
Ind
Harry
Afl Green
Eisenhower Promises U S Italy Amity in Peaceful World
President-elect Eisenhower pledged to foster friendship between Italy and the United States as part of a peaceful world. He conveyed the pledge in a message to Italian Prime Minister Alcide de Gasperi, who had telegrammed congratulations on his election. The note mentions payments for parts routed through a Swiss bank.
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Rome
U. S
Eisenhower
Italy
United States
Alcide de Gasperi
Switzerland
Cost of Living Index Rises in 30 Day Period
Government data show living costs edged up one tenth of a point for the 30 days ending Oct 15. The Bureau of Labor Statistics index stood at 180.9, up from 190.8 on Sept 15, with gains in fuel, electricity, rents and services offsetting small declines in food and clothing. About 1,000,000 workers in auto and aircraft sectors face wage cuts under current contracts.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
General Motors
BLS
Jung
Where to Find It Reprint and Page Listings
A compact index lists sections and page references for the newspaper. It names Beach Combing Bridge Classifieds Camics Crossword Editorial Financial Obituaries Radio and Television Shipping Table Cities and Theses Rese Ath Tides Temperatures and Women’s Activities across multiple pages.
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Boyle
Stassen Named Head of Mutual Security Agency
James C. Hagerty announced Ike's picks for top posts. Harold E. Stassen would head the Mutual Security Agency, George M. Humphrey would be Treasury secretary, and Herbert Brownell Jr. would be attorney general. Brownell pledged to keep J Edgar Hoover at the FBI.
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NEW York
Dwight D. Hisenhower
George M. Humphrey
Cleveland
the Treasury
Herbert Brownell Jr
Harold E. Stassen
Mutual Security Agency
Humphrey
M. A. Hanna Co
Susquéhanna Anthracite Co
National City Bank of
Brownell
Thomas E. Dewey
Eisenhower
FBI
J/ Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
Navy
Adm
William F. Halsey
South Pacific
U. S
United Nations
San Francisco
Stagsen
Wendell Willkie
James C. Hagerty
Atom Spies to Die Week of Jan. 12
Federal Judge Ieving R Kaufman set the week of January 12 for the executions of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted atomic spies. The couple, aged 34 and 36, were sentenced to death last year as the first civilians to receive a death sentence under the Espionage Act. Morton Sobell was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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New. York
Ieving R. Kaufman
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Ethel
Morton Sobell
Dulles Seeks FBI Review of Life and Record
John Foster Dulles announced at Eisenhower headquarters that he asked J. Edgar Hoover to deploy top FBI agents to investigate his life and record. He emphasized there would be no taint of suspicion regarding the new State Department, and noted this was his first action after being designated by Eisenhower.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
Whey
J. Edgar Hoover
FRY
Dulles
President-claot Eisenhower
State Department
Betyveen
Eisenhower
FBI
Chicago Housing Fire Fatal to 3
Three people perished in a early today fire that swept a three story brick apartment building in Chicago. Firemen rescued a dozen from the top floor and about 100 residents were led to the street in subfreezing weather. The deceased were Pedro Tirado 40 Juana Vega 40 and Mrs Lucille Washburne 50.
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Chicago
Pedro Tirado
Juana Vega
Lucille Washburne
Variable clouds with sprinkles and cooler conditions
Weather forecast calls for variable high cloudiness tonight and Saturday with possible sprinkles tonight and late Saturday. Night and morning fog or low clouds. Temperatures cooler.
Meteors Flash Across Five States In Southwest Sky
One or possibly two fireballs lit southwestern skies Thursday evening, with the first exploding in white light seen in five states. Dr. Lincoln La Paz of the University of New Mexico reported multiple sightings from Oklahoma to Colorado and Kansas, and a second fireball seen near 9:15 p.m. appeared red and streaked southwest. The events were likened to meteors rather than green fireballs, with distant thunder-like explosions reported and planes searching eastern New Mexico for debris.
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Associated Prou
Lincoln la Paz
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque
Southwest
la Paz
Paz
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Texas
Colorado
Kansas
Reton
Magic
Clovis
N. M
Air Force Base
New Mexico City
Portales
Innocent Man Wins Freedom in NYC Case
Louis Hoffner, 39, freed after 12 years on life for a holdup murder he swore he did not commit. Judge Peter Farrell cited missing police lineup minutes as a key error. lie detector results supported Hoffner’s innocence. A committee and three unpaid lawyers propelled the exoneration with District Attorney Vincent Quinn filing for dismissal.
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NEW York
Louis Hoffner
Hoffner
Atty T
Vincent Quinn
Hoffiner
Peter T. Farrell
Peter. J. Donoghue
Eisenhower to Attend West Point Reunion in Washington
Presidentelect Dwight D. Eisenhower will attend a West Point class of 1915 reunion at the Army Navy Club in Washington. He will leave New York mid afternoon and take a night train back to New York, arriving Saturday morning.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Weat Point
Army- Navy Club
Washington
POW Deadlock Plan Backed With Two Changes
United States and seven other nations favor India’s compromise for settling Korean POW deadlock with two changes. Eight powers also endorse making India’s plan a priority in U N General Assembly and propose an umpire if four members fail to agree within three weeks. Prime Minister Nehru urges world to accept the plan while responses from India and other nations remain undecided.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
India
U. N
Australia
Britain
Canara
Colombia
Denmark
Frater
Turkey
U. N. General Assembly
Reds
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Sweden
General Assembly
Assembly
Commission
Anthony Eden
Nehru
New Delhi
Bandit gas attack ends in armored truck holdup failure
A bandit used a gas bomb in an attempted armored truck robbery in St Louis. No money was taken. Guard Thomas Doerflinger was critically burned and gunshot injuries to the guard and robber were reported. Policeman Daniel Powers filed the incident. the truck belonged to Guaranty Service Co near Mound City Trust Co on the north side.
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Louis
Daniel Powers
Thomas Doerflinger
City Hospital
Powers
Doerflinger
Doer
Guarantes Service Co
Mound City Trust Co. Y Oabasban Bank
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